Thanks Ian; I'll put that tip to good use next season
I quite agree with you Sheal; it's tough enough as it is to convert people to being more aware of the importance of using materials that won't...
Surely it's down to supply and demand. We gardeners expect to see it on the shelves so the retailers put pressure on the suppliers to make it...
Gardening is about nurturing plants, how can this be done at the cost of destroying centuries old habitats; peat harvesting ravages ancient...
On the whole I'm very pleased with this summer's efforts especially as I took over my overgrown allotment during the last week of June , a few...
Hi, I'm not one for plugging things but I bought a Japanese Razor Hoe and it's fantastic making short work of the heaviest infection. One tip...
Well done! Great result, my late crop got hit by blight
I have it in my garden, I used to wage war against it every summer, pulling it, spraying it and anything else I could think of. Now I live and let...
Hi folks, something for the onion experts. I bought my onoin sets last week and planted them in my allotment, naturally following their...
Well I'll swap the nasturtiums for a nice summer any day
Last year and the year before my nasturtiums were rampant, the blessed things were everywhere but this year they've been very poor, maybe my local...
Anyone know why this year has been such a poor year for them? I thought it was just in my garden but it seems quite widespread that this is a...
Well those pictures were mainly too close up to help get an over view of what to do. If the garden has been cultivated in the past then it may...
Fingers crossed for you Ian. Mine are still hiding underground
They were boughr as "Christmas" potatoes, the blurb says 12 weeks from planting to the harvest... we'll see, watch this space
Good luck Dan!
I found my Verve Multi Purpose to be fantastic, maybe the odd bit of rag in the odd sack but nothing major, growth results were excellent. Next...
Just finished planting 65 autunm sowing potatoes; I'll be amazed if they come to very much but at least it's better to look at than a sea of...
That's a fantastic job, you should feel rightly proud of what you've acheived
Hi, pleased to meet you. I'm on plot 51 which is about half way down on the left. If you've time tak a look at the plots above and below, I might...
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